This is a mistake Spanish speakers often make:

❌ Is raining outside.

❌ I’ve checked and is working well.

In Spanish, it’s normal to omit the pronoun, so sentences like these are very common:

🇪🇸 Es muy rico.

🇪🇸 Esta lloviendo.

Although this is correct in Spanish, it doesn’t work in English. You should always specify a pronoun. In the sentences above the pronoun would be it.

✔️ It’s very good.

✔️ It’s raining.

✔️ I’ve checked and it’s working well.

👍 The rule of thumb is: if you find yourself beginning a sentence with an is, and it’s not a question, change the is to it’s.